DRBC Announces Postponement Of Tonight's Easton Public Meeting On Draft Recommendations Of The Delaware River Basin Flood Mitigation Task Force

Written Comment Period Has Been Extended to March 7

For Immediate Release

February 13, 2007

(WEST TRENTON N.J.) -- Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) Deputy Executive Director Robert Tudor today announced the postponement of this evening's previously scheduled public meeting in Easton, Pa. due to concerns over the approaching winter storm.

The rescheduled public meeting will be held Tuesday, February 27 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Lafayette College's Hugel Science Center on High Street in Easton, Pa.

An informal "poster session" beginning at 6:30 p.m. will precede the meeting to give the public an opportunity to review information on display.

Due to the meeting postponement, written comments from the public on the task force's flood loss reduction and flood mitigation draft recommendations will now be accepted until March 7, 2007, and should be mailed to: Robert Tudor, Deputy Executive Director, DRBC, P.O. Box 7360, 25 State Police Drive, West Trenton, NJ 08628.

The other remaining public meetings on the draft recommendations will be held February 15 in Wilmington, Del. and February 20 in Ewing, N.J. Additional information about the task force, including the draft report and directions to the public meetings, can be found on the commission's web site at www.drbc.net.